The Biden administration’s biased electric vehicle agenda
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As team Biden pushes EV mandates and subsidies, most recently with the EPA emissions rule, they must know that it threatens Black families struggling to reach the middle class.
Donna Jackson is director of membership development for Project 21 Black Leadership Network and serves on the advisory board for the Center for Energy and Conservation at Independent Women's Forum.
The disproportionate burdens of EVs are hard to ignore, and the higher sticker price isn’t the only thing dissuading Black families from going electric. One-third of Americans live in single-vehicle households, and this includes many lower-income Blacks.
An EV simply does not work as a family’s only vehicle, given the range limitations and long charging times – not to mention the fact that many Black families live in urban environments where street and lot parking is the norm. No amount of marketing for EV subsidies can entice willing buyers in these neighborhoods either.
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